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JaimeGordonLannister t1_ix1hq69 wrote

Reply to comment by Plexfused in It seems that you can pretty much park wherever you want if you have paper plates from somewhere else. by Rarek

How does this car not get booted? Seems like an easy impound and $$$ for NYPD, either from fees or from selling the car if it isn't claimed

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1l6nf wrote

They look the car up and if the KBB is less than 2000$ then they will never tow. They know that no one in their sane mind will ever come pick up a clunker and pay 3000$ to get it.

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ctindel t1_ix1yfzs wrote

They don’t need to they can auction it off still

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1yn6f wrote

And occupy a spot with a clunker when there's an overabundance of relatively newish Ubers in the city? You do the math.

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JaimeGordonLannister t1_ix1zgpf wrote

How can they track the offences for a car with fake/temp plates? Is the VIN visible somewhere on the exterior?

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix213ct wrote

It's on the driver side encased in the bottom side of the windshield to make it hard to cover. Meter maids press a button and scan the thing when they prefill the tickets. At a minimum it pulls car info like temp registration (dealer license) & insurance. If neither cone up, car shouldn't be in the streets by law.

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bfume t1_ix3l4za wrote

they scan the ny registration barcode. the vin isnt scannable, its just raised lettering on an aluminum or steel plate

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soyeahiknow t1_ix2syz5 wrote

Do nypd boot or just the sheriff department? There was an abandoned van with boot in a no standing zone in a very very popular roadway. 311 didnt work so i finally had to publicly call the local police station out on Twitter with the mayors office and 1 police plaza tagged. They told me they couldnt get the boot off because it was the sheriff. So it took another week for them to come out and take the boot off. Then 2 more weeks of constant tweeting for them to finally tow the van. Its been there for more than 6 month. You could see the google streetview from april 2022 and the van has been there with a boot.

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